《hoodshii- Notti Osama》𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 .
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𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 6𝑡ℎ 2022 - 11:45 𝐴𝑀.
"𝐘𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐣𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 & 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐧 & 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝟑 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 , 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 , 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐝'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧 , 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 .. 𝐒𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 "𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐲." 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐭𝐞𝐝 "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐨." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥? 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐭." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲
'𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑳 𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺.'
"𝐲𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠 "𝐁𝐲𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 , 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐈' & '𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬.' , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 "𝐘𝐨𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐡𝐬." 𝐝𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 "𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧" 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧." 𝐝𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 "𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 "𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐝." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 "𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫?" 𝐝𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 "𝐎𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥 , 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐲𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 "𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 "𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 "𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬" 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐬.𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠." 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧 "𝐁𝐫𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 , "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 , 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 , 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫." 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 , 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 , 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 , 𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭 , 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 . 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐝 "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮." 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐨 .. 𝐈𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰" 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 , 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 "𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 , 𝐆𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐦𝐦 𝐉𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐥 , 𝐍𝐯𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐭." 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 "𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐚." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 "𝐍𝐨 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 , ...𝐨𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞, 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝." 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐬.𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐳 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 , 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 & 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 , 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 "𝐎𝐡 𝐮𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐎𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐳𝐳??" 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐢 𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 "𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚?" 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 "𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 "𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥?" 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐨𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 & 𝐦𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 , 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 , 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚 , 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭
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'ℎ𝑎ℎ𝑎 𝑖 𝑤𝑜𝑛' 𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭
"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐝?" 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬
'𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑳 𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺.'
"𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 "𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 , 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 , 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐞 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟒'𝐬' , 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 , 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐡𝐚 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐦𝐠." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 , 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 :
𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 , 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐚 , 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 , 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲
"𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 ? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 & 𝐲𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐮 𝐟𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧" 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 "𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝" 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐊𝐨𝐩𝐲." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 , 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 "𝐦𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞" 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 "𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞.." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , "𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 "𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 , 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐬𝐟 𝐭𝐛𝐡..." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐚𝐥𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 , 𝐢𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐈 , 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐝𝐞 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 , 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 "𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 .." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 "𝐒𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐊𝐢." 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐥𝐲 "𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 & 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 ." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 "𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 , 𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 , 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡" 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 "𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝? 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 "𝐌𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟒 𝐮" 𝐃𝐝𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝?" 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 "𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 , "𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐩 "𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭"𝐃𝐃 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐧 "𝐎𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐩." 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 "𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐟." 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 , 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐭 "𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 "𝐢 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭." 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 "𝐲𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝟐 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 , 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 , 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠."𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝?) "𝐨𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐬.." 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐘𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐚 , 𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞." 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞 , 𝐃𝐝𝐨𝐭 𝐃𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 , 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 , 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 "𝐈𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐢-" 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 , 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆 , 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 "𝐎𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇𝐇 " 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃." 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐇𝐒 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 "𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬." 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 & 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐞 ,𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐎𝐖 𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐄." 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 , 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 , 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 "𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐬.𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 , 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞?" 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 , "𝐌𝐫 𝐢 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 , 𝐢 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐝 , 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐍𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 "𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 '𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞' 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 ' "𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 , 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐬𝐟 𝐭𝐛𝐡 , 𝐢 𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 '𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐈' 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 '𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝' 𝐬𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 , 𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐘𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐫.𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬." 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐠." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 "𝐢 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐬.𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 , 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 , 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢 𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞." 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 , 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐦 "𝐲𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐚." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 "𝐲𝐞𝐚." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠 "𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐬." 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 , 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚 𝐦𝐚." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 "𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 , 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 , 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐝 "𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨" 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐠 , 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐠 "𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 , 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐦𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨 , 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐨𝐟." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 "𝐁𝐫𝐨 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 , 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 "𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 , 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 ." 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 "𝐎𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦.." 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 , 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 , 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 , 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏" 𝐌𝐫.𝐂 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 , 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 , 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐬 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 "𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐝𝐨 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐝 ?" 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 "𝐍𝐚𝐡 , 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐤 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 "𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨 𝐦𝐡." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 "𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 , 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 .." 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 "𝐎𝐡 𝐮𝐦-" 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 "𝐍𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐎𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬?" 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐚 "𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞.." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐞." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐎𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠." 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚." 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 "𝐢𝐤." 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 , 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬.
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Tim the Engineer
Summoned against his will to a world of swords and magic, an engineering student struggles to find a way home under the shadow of a world devouring threat. ***************************** Updates: 5/13/19: Revisions to several chapters for clarity, grammar, and style. 4/29/19: A short side story and artwork has been added to the blog. 4/8/19: A Side Story has been updated on my new blog (every writer is required to have one). https://talesfromliahar.wordpress.com/ ***************************** “The summoning scenarios are broken down into groups of ten.” Emi Ito stated. “Don’t, don’t you dare say another word.” Muttered Genzo Uchida. His eyes had turned bloodshot and his hands shook with rage. “The first thirty…” “Shut up!” Genzo bellowed “How dare you help these disrespectful gaijin?” Flecks of spit and madness flew from his face, his fist raised ready to strike. But Emi did not flinch, instead she was about ready to continue when Yuma Takeuchi interrupted her. “Uchida, please,” her sweet sounding words could melt ice. “I think we will have a better chance of getting home if we all work together.” When she glanced up with her sleepy looking eyes at Genzo Uchida he deflated visibly. “Were not getting home.” Uchida said coolly. “Group summoning, large, that puts us in the 60 series. No one came to greet us after five minutes of arrival. That leaves scenarios 68 and 69. In scenario 68 there is something that binds the large group together; they are all classmates or a single family. But thanks to the gaijin” he spit out the word “I think we are scenario 69 with no way home.” Ikko Inoue’s eyes went wide, while Katsukno and Hayata started muttering to themselves. Tim took on a serious look and rubbed his scruffy chin. Emi maintained her stoic expression while trying to find something to refute. McKenzie glanced at Randall and giggled. Randall took the prompting of his teammate and followed up by approaching Genzo. “Uh, so we are in a sixty-nine?” “Yes.” Replied Genzo with the seriousness of someone who’s life was about to end. McKenzie covered her mouth and snickered. “You and me, were stuck in a sixty-nine situation?” Randall pushed with a grin. “Yes, we are all stuck in a sixty-nine scenario together!” Genzo retorted in anger. McKenzie fell on her butt laughing. “What the hell is so funny?” Demanded Genzo, whose face had turned red. “It’s a problem with the automatic translation.” Retorted Tim. Randall, who seemed unable to quit started in again “So, about this sixty-ni…” Genzo interrupted Randall with a swift punch to the face. But, because of their height difference it was a bit of an uppercut that left Randall rattled. Tim and Ikko moved to step in between the two, but Genzo showed no further hostility. Instead he just stared at his clenched fist with such intensity it grabbed the attention of the room. “I unlocked a skill.” He said bluntly. ***************************** This is not a light novel, but people who like light novels should enjoy the themes of this book. ***************************** A Map of the Region
8 164Ilhen's Seventh Deathtrap — A Fantasy Adventure Tale
A trail of clues... a political conspiracy... Enzo and Leonardo are renowned adventurers who specialize in Rare & Esoteric Artifact Recovery. With their guild on the brink of bankruptcy, they embark on a quest to locate Ilhen's Seventh — a legendary deathtrap brimming with occult treasures. But complications abound. Rival adventurers are also on the hunt, and Enzo suspects they're being followed by the Empress' shadowy spy ring, the Black Cabal. And worse, Ilhen's Seventh is not what it seems. As they race to solve a trail of cryptic clues, they are drawn unknowingly into a sinister conspiracy... For fans of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA — or fans of attunement spires, bewitched libraries, floating academies, mad dukes, forged art, clever disguises, enchanted swords, eldritch sea monsters, vengeful gods, & much more! Any support/encouragement/feedback is greatly appreciated. Release schedule: Daily until complete
8 112The Calling of a Trainer
Daniel always wanted to be a trainer and explore the world. But in a world where religion and myths are reality, he will have to dig deep to achieve his dream as legends pulled from their slumber in the wake of his journey.
8 172The Whitechapel Murderer
While Hebrew stood there attending the phone call a newspaper slid under through the door of his small apartment. The headline said nothing else just, “The Whitechapel Murderer has returned....” Making him gulp and shiver at his own place. ~~~~~~~ Ten years later, after a notorious serial killer who had murdered five women went inactive, murders are being committed once again in the same way how he used to do. The murderer was never found and so, he was declared dead by the society. Could these murders be committed by him again or...there's someone else behind them. Flynn Hebrew has to been summoned by the crime branch to solve this case as he is the finest one among all. But what conspiracies lie behind these murders and who is the one attempting them...Hebrew is the one to find out. ~~~~~~
8 197Bound in the Dark
About a kid who escapes his darkness by harnessing it, along with his friend who helps him find a cause to use what powers they have as they fight against the dark and...the light.
8 63AMBITIONZ AZ a RIDAH
❛ you can run the streets with your thugs. i'll be waiting for you, until you get through. i'll be waiting. ❜#1 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.#229 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠.#342 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
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